scholarly journals NUMERICAL STUDIES ON SMOKE SPREAD IN THE CAVITY OF A DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADE

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie JI ◽  
Yi Fan LI ◽  
Wen Xi SHI ◽  
Jin Hua SUN

In this paper, influence of two key factors, fire room height and outer pane tilt angle, on smoke spread in the cavity of a double-skin façade (DSF) was studied numerically. The fire room was located adjacent to the DSF on the 2nd, 4th and 6th floors, respectively. The outer pane tilt angle varied at 80°, 90° and 100°. All cases were under two fire heat release rates of 1 MW and 5 MW. Results suggested that fire room height and outer pane tilt angle had significant effects on smoke spread in the cavity. For different fire room heights, there were two markedly different scenarios of smoke spread in the cavity between two vertical panes in a high-rise building. For outer pane tilt angle, the DSF with an inward tilted or vertical outer pane was dangerous for the upper floors due to hot smoke adhering to the upper inner pane. However, the turbulent vortex in the DSF with an outward tilted outer pane prevented hot smoke flowing out from the fire room.

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 695-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junmei Li ◽  
Xuefei Xing ◽  
Cheng Hu ◽  
Yanfeng Li ◽  
Chenchen Yin ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 439-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Lo ◽  
K. K. Yuen ◽  
W. Z. Lu ◽  
D. H. Chen

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheuk Lun Chow

Double-skin façade (DSF) is an environmental friendly architectural feature. However, fire hazard is a concern. A scenario of having a flashover room fire adjacent to the façade was identified. Heat and mass would be trapped in the façade cavity. This paper examines air flow driven out of a flashover room fire to the cavity of a DSF by Computational Fluid Dynamics. The software Fire Dynamics Simulator developed at the Building and Fire Research laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA was selected as the simulation tool. Three DSF features labeled as DSF1, DSF2 and DSF3 were considered. Detailed simulations were carried out to understand the fire-induced aerodynamics in a 5-level model DSF1 with a fire room at the third level. Hot gas spreading out to the façade cavity was simulated under two heat release rates of 1 MW and 5 MW. Air cavity depths of 0.5 m, 1 m, 1.5 m and 2 m were considered. Three stages of flame spreading out to a DSF with a wide air cavity depth were identified. Results suggested that wider air cavity depths would be more dangerous, with higher risk of the upper interior glass pane's breaking. To study spreading of heat and mass up the façade cavity as vertical channel flow, two taller DSF façade features DSF2 and DSF3 with differing air cavity depths were simulated. Both features were of height 24 m but of differing fire room height. Vertical temperature profiles with and without the DSF feature were compared. Santrauka Dvigubas fasadas yra ekologiškas architektūrinis sprendimas. Tačiau dvigubas fasadas yra problemiškas gaisrinės saugos požiūriu. Nagrinėjamas scenarijus, kai greta dvigubo fasado esančioje patalpoje įvyksta gaisro pliūpsnis. Dvigubo fasado ertmėje gali būti uždaryti karštis ir masė. Taikomi skaitmeninės skysčių dinamikos metodai nustatyti, kaip iš patalpos, kurįoje įvyksta gaisro pliūpsnis, oras ir degimo produktai išstumiami ī dvigubo fasado ertmę. Modeliuoti naudojama kompiuterinė programa, parengta JAV Nacionaliniame standartų ir technologijos institute. Nagrinėjami trys dvigubų fasadų sprendimai. Atliekamas detalus pirmojo sprendimo fasado modeliavimas siekiant suprasti gaisro lemiamą aerodinamiką penkių aukštų fasade, kai gaisras kyla trečiame aukšte. Modeliuojamas karštu dujų sklidimas iš fasado ertmės viršaus teigiant, kad gaisro išskiriama Siluma yra 1 MW ir 5 MW. Ertmės plotis imamas lygiu 0,5 m, 1,5 m ir 2 m. Nustatomi trys liepsnos sklidimo iš dvigubo fasado etapai. Gauti rezultatai leidžia daryti išvadą, kad platesni fasadai yra pavojingesni, nes didina viršutinių stiklo diskų dužimo tikimybę. Aukštesni antro ir trečio sprendimo fasadai naudoti tirti, kaip karštis ir masė juda vertikalia fasado ertme. Skyrėsi šių fasadų ertmės plotis. Abu fasadai buvo 24 m aukščio, tačiau skyrėsi gaisro patalpos aukštis. Buvo palygintas vertikalusis temperatūros pasiskirstymas dvigubo fasado ertmėje.


2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Xi Shi ◽  
Jie Ji ◽  
Jin Hua Sun ◽  
S. M. Lo ◽  
Lin Jie Li ◽  
...  

In this paper, to study the influence of stack effect on fire in the compartment adjacent to a stairwell, a set of experiments were conducted by varying the pool size, top vent state and bottom vent size in a 1/3 scaled 12-layer-stairwell configuration. The phenomenon of methanol flame tilting in the fire room was observed and studied. Results showed that the flame tilt angle increases with an increase of Ri-1. The temperatures of hot gases in the fire room decrease due to the cooling effect of fresh air induced by stack effect. The mass loss rate of methanol fuel is influenced by fresh air flow sucked into fire room due to stack effect. On the basis of the experimental results, we conclude that the velocity of air flow into fire room is proportional to 1/3 power of the heat release rate in the stairwell.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lexi Pranata Budidharmanto Limbing

The growth of high-rise buildings in East Java is increasing rapidly. High-rise building which has stood for a long time have to compete with the new high-rise building in improving occupancy and resale value of the asset. Maintenance and facility management are important key factors in improving occupancy and the sale value of the asset. The diversity of the success rate of high-rise building in the competition is determined by the ability of the property manager or general manager in planning and effective implementation of his or her maintenance programs, and financial, technical, resources management, and leadership to the team. The sharpness intuition which property manager or general manager have in seeing opportunities and market direction of high-rise buildings become a supporting but important factor, where the mindset of entrepreneurship is taking the part in.This is justified by the recognition of practitioners and experts are now actively working in the field of building management in the interview (descriptive) and recorded in a questionnaire that can be measured by a percentage (quantitative), as result entirely agree that standardization competence, educational background and the lack of entrepreneurship mindset the only cause and needs to be invested to improve the competitiveness of a building practitioners, especially now we are facing the Asean Economic Community (AEC). Key words: entrepreneurship, standardization, competency, building, highrise


Author(s):  
Barbara Siebert ◽  
Geralt Siebert

<p>In terms of rehabilitation of existing buildings, a new façade is often planned and build to make the building more sustainable. In more and more cases, not only new windows, but also completely new façades and even so-called double skin facades are being constructed. This second skin has several advantages like sound protection, possibility of natural ventilation, contribution to energy balance and others. The paper will give basic requirements and information about this type of facade. One recently realized project is a high rise building of more than 100m height in Munich, listed as a historic building – so additional attention to optical appearance was necessary. And moreover, curved insolation glass units had to be used; since there are no regulations, special theoretical investigations and calculations had to be carried out.</p>


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